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Only problem is getting the FAA to approve the material change. ESPECIALLY on a part in the control system! You will need a DER to do the engineering analysis and then he will need to convince the Feds to allow it. NOT going to be easy, especially compared to making one from welded steel using the...
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I hate those cast Magnesium hinges. They are a mass of cracks flying in close formation. There was a letter from the factory saying the welded steel and Mag hinges were interchangeable and OK to use pre war steel ones on post war wings and cast ones on pre war wings. It came out while Dorthy F. was...
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I have an early post war wood tab on my 45 and a very late pre war riveted square one on my 42 BC12-65 Deluxe. Looked at LOTS of other ones and kind of starting to think Taylorcraft changed the design more often than their socks.
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If the pharmacy gives you any problems (ours was worried we were just trying to get a syringe for drugs! SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?) you may need to show them what you want to use in it. Filing it with oil in front of them "should" convince them you aren't going to try to use it for drugs. I finally...
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I will be looking for a couple of other drawings this afternoon and will keep my eyes open for the battery box templates. We had a major cold front come through and I don't think I will be looking to go to the hangar till it warms up a bit! As for the floor boards they were wood prior to the war and...
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I went looking in the groups for someone who had an original pre war box and Carl Carlson in Iowa loaned me his (the folks in our groups are amazing!). I made a cardboard copy of the metal parts and bent up a copy from the same thickness aluminum. Only difficult part was the rivets...
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Looks like this. Great place top mount things like a master switch for a battery so it is hidden and you don't have to drill holes in the panel.
Hank ...
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